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Glee: "Loser Like Me" gets it right

Well, that was fun, yes? Yes. It was. I had a little trepidation about the show diverging from its successful formula of turning old songs new again and turning new songs slightly less auto-tuned and terrible. While I don’t think either of the original numbers performed tonight have that same earworm quality of anything by Rihanna, Katy Perry or Ke$ha, they were sweet and genuine. I’m almost relieved that they chose to do something that felt right for the show and not just a quick cash grab to get some radio play.

The story moved along nicely, but I’d be remiss in my bitchy internet commenting duties if I didn’t complain a little bit about the lack of gravity given to Regionals this season. I just remember bawling hysterically during last season’s Regionals finale and I missed those high stakes. Maybe the powers-that-be are saving all those big, emotional moments for Nationals. Fingers crossed.

Still, it was fun! Let’s discuss!

In a nutshell: Regionals time! After being served with a cease and desist letter from My Chemical Romance (which was of course forged by Sue), the New Directions are forced to reconsider Rachel’s idea to do original songs. The main crew will work together on one number while Rachel and Quinn pair off to write the other. What, you haven’t heard? Quinn and Rachel are totally besties now. Well, at least now that Quinn is determined to go public with Finn and win prom king/queen and she doesn’t need Rachel mucking it all up. When they go to the auditorium to work, Quinn confesses about her and Finn’s affair and breaks it all down to Rachel. She and Finn will get married and stay in Lima, she’ll become a successful real estate agent and he’ll take over Kurt’s dad’s tire shop. And Rachel will be off far, far away performing dinner theater or some such. It’s tough love, but it’s actually a little true. Rachel is not meant to stay in Lima, and maybe Quinn is. Finn is the real wild card here and I imagine this will really play out with how Finn wants to plan his future. I’m interested to see where that goes. Meanwhile, at Dalton, Kurt’s letting Blaine have it about hogging all the solos. When the Warblers’ mascot dies, Kurt is heartbroken and sings Paul McCartney’s “Blackbird” in his honor. Blaine is moved and finally realizes that he’s in love with Kurt. Hooray! Blaine’s even inspired to share a solo at Regionals with Kurt. Double hooray! At the competition, the judges are Sarah Palin a Tea Party candidate, Sister Mary Clarence a stripper-turned-nun, and the Lima news anchor who Sue had a brief affair with in season one. Sue’s Aural Intensity team sings a song about Jesus to pander to the judges, the Warblers are fun and charming (despite singing an UGH P!nk song) and then it’s the New Directions’ turn. First Rachel sings her very moving original song about trying her best, but her best not being good enough and blahblah and it was all very good and very Rachel and I did indeed love it. Then the rest of the crew comes out and they sing “Loser Like Me,” an original song that’s pretty self-explanatory. It’s fun and summery and it’s all capped off with a confetti slushee attack to the crowd. Loved it. The New Directions handily defeat the competition and they’re off to Nationals! The team even unanimously vote Rachel MVP of Regionals! Her best is good enough sometimes! Another hooray! Oh, and one more thing, apparently Will is still maybe-sort-of dating Holly! Quad hooray?

Note: I am currently writing this from a hotel in Austin with no DVR. As such, these quotes may not be as accurate as usual. Bear with me.

Best Pop Culture Reference: “I Twittered that Obama is a terrorist. I had to, it’s a fact.” (Runners-up: “Before we start, I’d like to say I am not a witch;” “The drummer I slept with was the guy from Jimmy Eat World.”)

Best Sue Sylvester Line: “Consider this the opening salvo of World War Sue.” (Runner-up: “If it isn’t Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Fake Boobs.”)

That’s Edutainment: “Prom queens live on average five years longer than other people.”

Someone Check Santana’s Weave For Razor Blades: “You blew me off to be with Stubbles McCripplepants.”

Naughtiest Line You May Have Missed: “My husband is verbally abusive and I have been drinking since noon.”

Best Musical Number: Can I choose “Big Ass Heart?” Why is that song not on iTunes? “Hell To The No” is on iTunes (it was also awesome), but why not “Big Ass Heart?” If I have to choose one of the “real” songs, I prefer “Loser Like Me” to “Get It Right,” and then both of those to any of the Warblers tracks. (UGH, P!nk, really.)

The Gold Star: I hate to be the one to deadlock the New Directions’ vote, so I’ll back up Rachel as well. Though Santana is a close second for “Trouty Mouth.”

Blingee of the Week: Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the blingiest Blingee to bling.Online Photo Editor

Glee airs Tuesdays at 7 p.m. on FOX, plays incessantly on my iTunes and occupies a large space in my heart.

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